Antiskid device for automobile wheels



A ril 24, 1928.

W. BENIEN ET AL ANTISKID DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE WHEELS Filed Feb? 1926 7 an 2212, Jig/M64 Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

WILLIAI BENIEN AND JAMES I. FLAHEBTY, 01' LINCOLN, KLISA S.

ANTISKID DEVICfi FOR AUTOMOBILE WHEELS.

Application m February 4, 1928. semi m. 85,887.

This invention relates to anti-skid devices for automobile wheels of that type embodying cross or tread members and side or retaining members.

The invention has for one of its objects the provision of a novel and simple device of this character wherein the cross or tread members shall each consist otsolid links, wherein the side or retaining members shall each consist of steel cables, and wherein the cross or tread members can bereadily detached from the side .or retaining members for the purpose of making repairs.

A further object of the invention is the provision of novel and simple means through themedium of which the ends of the side or retaining members may be readily connected together and which shall be. adjustable to adapt the device for application to automobile wheels ofdiffierent sizes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an automobile wheel equipped with an antiskidding device embodying our invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the, plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the terminal links of the cross or treadineinbers of the anti-skid device,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the construction of the means or couplings for connecting the ends of the side or retaining members, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the. plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

. Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and designated in the several views of the accompanying drawing, by similar reference characters.

In the drawing 1 designates an automoble wheel and 2 apneumatic tire. The antiskid device comprises cross or tread members 3, side or retaining members 4, and couplings 5 for the ends of the side or retaining members.

The cross or tread members 3 each consists of solid links 6, 7 and v8. The number of links in each cross or treadmember 3 will depend upon the size of the tire to which the anti-skid device is to be applied. The links 6 are similar andare provided attheir ends with apertured lugs or ears 6. The links 7 are similar and are provided at their ends with recesses 7 for the reception of the ears 6. The links 8 are similar and are each provided in its outer end with re cesses '8 forthe reception of the ears 6 of certain of the links 6, and are provided adjacent their inner ends with openings 8 for the reception of the side or retaining members 4. The said other'ends of the links 8 are slotted as at 8 to permit the side or retaining members 4 to be readily inserted in the openings 8", and the slotted ends of these links are clamped together by bolts 9 to prevent the cross or tread members '3 from becoming accidentally detached from the side or retaining members 4 and to revent the cross or tread members from aving any circumferential movement on or with respect to the, side or retaining members. The links 6, 7 and 8 are pivotally connected by rivets 10, and the ends ofthe links project, as'shown at 11, beyond the body portion 'thereotso as" to increase the tractive effect ofthe anti-skid device.

I The side or retaininghmembers' 4 each consists of a single lengt of steel cable, and

the couplings 5 thereforeach comprises members 12 and 13; Each coupling member 12 consists of a body portion 12 provided with inclined slots 12" opening out through an edge thereof, a shank 12.provided with an opening 12, and split sleeves 12 located at opposite sides of the shankand at opposite sides of the opening. The ends of the side or retaining members 4 to which the coupling members 12 are secured extend through the openings 12 and sleeves 12. The members 13 have U or channel sha ed bodies 13", and each is provided with a s ank 13 having an opening 13 and s lit sleeves 13 located at opposite sides of t e shank and at opposite sides ofthe opening. These members are applied to the other ends of the side or retaining members 4, and said ends pass through the opening 13 and sleeves 13".

bodies 12 of the latter being positioned in the bodies 13 of the former. ,The'coupling members 12 and 13 are connected together by cotter pins 14 which pass through-certain of the openings'15, in the members, and cross pins 16 which are carried by the coupling members 13 and passthrough certain of the slots 12 in the coupling members 12. d

From the foregoing" description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be apparent that the anti-skid device can be easily and quicklyapplied to or re-' moved from the tire of an automobile wheel, and that when the device is in applied position the members 3 will extend transversely across the tire and the members the at opposite sides of the tire. As the links 6, 7 and 8 are solid, and as the side or retaining'members 4 are made of lengths of steel cables,

the device is practically indestructible and will oiier the greatest resistance to wear. The cross or tread members 3 may be readily connected to or disconnected from the side v or retaining members 4, and due to the projecting ends 11 of the links 6, 7 and 8 the device has such tractive qualities as to prevent the wheel from slipping laterally or circ'umferentially. As the coupling members 12.are each provided "with'a number of slots What is claimed is j ,1. In an anti-skid device, links for connecting the cross members of the device to the side members thereof and consisting of solid bodies provided in their outer ends with recesses for the reception of the terminalsof thecross-unembers, pivots connecting the links to the cross members, the links those portions of the links located inwardly beyond the openings and at opposite sides of the slots. 7

2. In an anti-skid deviceya coupling for a side member of the device and comprising an elongated member provided with inclined slots extending inwardly from an edge thereof, said coupling member being provided at one end with relatively ofiset side member receiving sleeves, a second elongated -cou-' pling member of U-form to receive said first coupling memberand provided at one end thereof with relatively offset side member 1'e'- ceiving sleeves, the ends of the coupling members provided with the sleeves being located at opposite ends of the coupling,and a pin passing through said second coupling member'and one of the slots of saidfirst coupling member. 7 Y a 1 "In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

WILLIAM BENIEN'.

JAMES I. FLAHERTY. 

